Unity and disunity in mathematics
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Publication:389899
zbMATH Open1290.00010arXiv1312.2133MaRDI QIDQ389899FDOQ389899
Authors: Philip J. Davis, Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek 
Publication date: 21 January 2014
Published in: European Mathematical Society Newsletter (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The unity of mathematics has its power to compactify experiences in a form capable of being transferred and modified or adapted to new mathematical situations. Yet, we believe that the phrase "Unity of Mathematics" expresses a dream, an ideal that doesn't exist. We shall point to diachronic and cross cultural disunities, to semantic, semiotic and philosophic ambiguities and to the non-acceptance of certain mathematical texts by some practitioners of the subject.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.2133
Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03)
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